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ReviewCancers2024

The Synergy of Thermal and Non-Thermal Effects in Hyperthermic Oncology.

Carrie Anne Minnaar, Gyula Peter Szigeti, Andras Szasz

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Carrie Anne MinnaarDepartment of Radiation Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3692-7134
Gyula Peter SzigetiJohn von Neumann Faculty of Informatics, Óbuda University, 1034 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-0411-9992
Andras SzaszDepartment of Biotechnics, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-4939-1183

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundModulated electro-hyperthermia (mEHT) is unique due to its combination of thermal and non-thermal effects.

methodThis report summarizes the literature on the effects of mEHT observed in vitro and in vivo.

resultsThe thermal and electrical heterogeneity of tissues allows the radiofrequency signal to selectively target malignant tissue. The applied modulation appears to activate various apoptotic pathways, predominantly leading to immunogenic cell death (ICD). ICD promotes the release of damage-associated molecular patterns, potentially producing tumour-specific antigen-presenting cells. This abscopal-type effect may target distant metastases while treating the primary tumour locally. This immune memory effect is like vaccination mechanisms.

conclusionsThe application of mEHT has the potential to expand from local to systemic disease, enabling the simultaneous treatment of micro- and macro-metastases.

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abscopal effectcancer vaccinationcellular selectiondamage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP)heterogenic heatingimmunogenic cell death (ICD)non-thermal actionsthermal processes

Identifiers

PMID39682096
PMCPMC11639953

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